Mariah Carey Quotes & Sayings

I definitely feel more complete than before. There's a void you have when you don't feel you've found the other part of who you are, so I'm in a different place now and that's nice to experience. — Mariah Carey

I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen. — Mariah Carey

You can fight against people, and fight to the death, but ... can't control the world. — Mariah Carey

I prayed very hard for this to happen and it happened. I don't even think about what I've achieved, I haven't focused on it and I wish I had, because I really want to enjoy it, and I don't know if I am enjoying it, because I am going through my life like a bulldozer. I still haven't marvelled at it. — Mariah Carey

If you believe within your soul, just hold on tight and don't let go! You can make it, make it happen — Mariah Carey

After every storm, if you look hard enough, a rainbow appears. — Mariah Carey

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess. — Mariah Carey

It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me. — Mariah Carey

We're all a little wacko sometimes, and if we think we're not, maybe we are more than we know. — Mariah Carey

There's an answer, if you reach into your soul, and the sorrow that you know will melt away. — Mariah Carey

I think that for me personally, a lot of my choices have been to do with my own issues of not feeling safe as a child and feeling a sense of stability. — Mariah Carey

I started writing poetry when I was six. I had this teacher who didn't believe the poems I'd bring in were mine because they were dark and sad. But I wrote about what I experienced in my childhood. — Mariah Carey

One day I promised God that if he would give me my voice back I would never smoke again. I got three octaves back after quitting. — Mariah Carey

I can do a reddish-brown or brown lip, but not a bright red. I just don't look good in it. Over the years you learn certain things that don't look good on you, and that's one of them for me. — Mariah Carey

I'm the queen of festivities, that's all I can say. — Mariah Carey

I understand people want to hold on to their roots. — Mariah Carey

True diva could not live without smart remark every now and then, a good sip of water. — Mariah Carey

Cause there's a light in me that shines brightly. They can try, but they can't take that away from me. — Mariah Carey

It's kinda like being on a roller coaster. If you don't get on the ride, you won't experience the adventure. — Mariah Carey

I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands. — Mariah Carey

If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through. — Mariah Carey

Once I was a prisoner lost inside myself with the world surrounding me, wandering through the misery, but now I am free. Free to love, free to laugh, free to soar, free to shine, free to give. — Mariah Carey

I'm stuck in 7th grade & I just keep getting let back — Mariah Carey

Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life. — Mariah Carey

Everyday is a holiday with me. — Mariah Carey

Lord knows dreams are hard to follow, but don't let anyone tear them away. — Mariah Carey

Nothing that's ever happened has taken away the optimist in me. It's always, "Whatever-let's go to Disneyland." Yes, I have my bleak, tortured-artist moments, but you have to hold on to what's positive. — Mariah Carey

Sipping Bailey's Cream by the stereo, trying to find relief on the radio. I'm suppressing the tears. — Mariah Carey

Pregnancy was probably the best and the hardest thing I'll ever go through. I know for a lot of women, it can be wonderful and relatively easy. — Mariah Carey

Sometimes it's tough because I've got to sleep 15 hours to sing the way I want to. It's not easy because my vocal chords are different than most people's. — Mariah Carey

I've seen the real extreme diva behaviour and I don't think that's who I am. — Mariah Carey

One doesn't remain a teenager forever. — Mariah Carey

Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you. — Mariah Carey

The minute I started addressing my feelings, I actually came out of very negative situations. — Mariah Carey

I have memories of Australia that I'll just never ever get over — Mariah Carey

It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic. — Mariah Carey

I look around and see the things I have, and I remember not having them. That is one thing that keeps me grounded. I'm definitely the same person I was ... I never lose me, I never lose the real person. — Mariah Carey

Standing alone,eager to just believe,it's good enough to be what you really are,but in your heart,uncertainty forever lies,and you'll always be,somewhere on the outside. — Mariah Carey

But I think I'm a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can. — Mariah Carey

Since having the babies, I realize that 90 percent of losing weight is my diet. — Mariah Carey

People are always asking, 'Is everything ok?' Look, I was not depressed, ok? I was just freaking exhausted. — Mariah Carey

You really just want to know that somebody loves you for you. Sometimes you feel like an ATM machine with a wig on it. — Mariah Carey

I think certain people like to torture me because they think I've had it easier than I actually have and they think: 'Oh, she's got this, she's got that, she's always had everything perfect,' and it's sooo not true. — Mariah Carey

I used to be able to slim down just by exercising more, but that's changed. — Mariah Carey

There's a hero, If you look inside your heart — Mariah Carey

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time. — Mariah Carey

I don't go out much. I'm also not promiscuous. If I went out with everyone the press said I did, I'd never have time to write or sing. — Mariah Carey

So many I considered, closest to me,turned on a dime and sold me out dutifully,although that knife was chipping away at me,they turned their eyes away and went home to sleep. — Mariah Carey

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me! — Mariah Carey

She smiles through a thousand tears, and harbors adolescent fears. She dreams of all that she can never be, she wades in insecurity. — Mariah Carey

I just want one day off when I can go swimming and eat ice cream and look at rainbows. — Mariah Carey

I've seen other artists put out movies that went straight to DVD, and no one cared. Maybe their own fans bought the thing, and that was fine. — Mariah Carey

So when you feel like hope is gone,
look inside you and be strong,
and you'll finally see the truth -
that a hero lies in you. — Mariah Carey

Father, thanks for reaching out and lovingly,saying that you've always been proud of me,I needed to feel that so desperately,you're always alive inside of me. — Mariah Carey

I'm not great at putting my hair into a bun, but I'll do it if I have to. — Mariah Carey

The international music scene has grown so much, and America is sort of following that. — Mariah Carey

You can't live with regrets. It's about the journey — Mariah Carey

Once there was a time
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'Pig's Valve' - Mariah Carey: The Early Poems — Mariah Carey

My heart has never been broken, I've never broken anyone else's. — Mariah Carey

We have to go through certain things in order to appreciate life and learn lessons. — Mariah Carey

If two people want to get married, it's their prerogative - we hope. Everybody should be able to do what they want to do and be in the pursuit of happiness — Mariah Carey

I know you're shining down on me from Heaven, like so many friends we've lost along the way. And I know eventually we'll be together, one sweet day. — Mariah Carey

I can still count on one hand the number of men I've slept with. — Mariah Carey

Never listen to anybody who try to discourage you. — Mariah Carey

I always sang and I always wrote ... it's just having that ambition. You really can't let go of your dreams. — Mariah Carey

Suffered from alienation,carried the weight on my own,had to be so strong,so I believed,and now I know I've succeeded,in finding the place I conceived. — Mariah Carey

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count. — Mariah Carey

Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of my friend, the incomparable Ms. Whitney Houston. My heartfelt condolences to Whitney's family and to all her millions of fans throughout the world. She will never be forgotten as one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth. — Mariah Carey

It's a long road when you face the world alone, when no one reaches out a hand for you to hold. You can find love if you search within your soul, and the emptiness you felt will disappear. — Mariah Carey

I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time. — Mariah Carey

I don't want a boyfriend just for the sake of it. I don't trust most people out there. There's too much at risk and I don't need to be a notch on somebody's bedpost. I'll flirt with you all night long, but then it's buh, bye! — Mariah Carey

I didn't have a strong male figure in my life on a day-to-day basis. So I think that whole [marriage] situation, a lot of it stems from a place where I was out there alone as a really and I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me. — Mariah Carey

I love all holiday music. My two favorites would probably be Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas" and Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song." They epitomize Christmas for me. Those two recordings will never be touched. That's why I've never redone them. — Mariah Carey

You look at me and see the girl,who lives inside the golden world,but don't believe, that's all there is to see,you'll never know the real me. — Mariah Carey

No stress, no fights. I'm leaving it all behind. No tears, no time to cry. Just making the most of life. — Mariah Carey

Stay triumphant, keep on living. Stay on your toes, get off the ropes. Don't let 'em ever count you out. — Mariah Carey

I try not to be a jerk. I really do. I try to be nice and cordial. — Mariah Carey

You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, 'I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.' — Mariah Carey

I know I can be diva-ish sometimes, but I have to be in control. The nature of my life, the nature of what I do, is divadom, it really is. — Mariah Carey

I'm far from perfect. I'm still learning. I overworked myself, and I paid the price. I consider the breakdown a breakthrough. I needed to hit rock bottom. I needed to understand the cost of pushing so hard; fighting so hard against the system.. — Mariah Carey

I've been working on my craft for a long time. People never want to let go of the whole 'Glitter,' ... I'm like, 'It's eight years later, people. Let's move on. — Mariah Carey

I'm very hard on myself and I have too many issues. — Mariah Carey

I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid. — Mariah Carey

We've been expected to be perfect but we aren't. We're still human. — Mariah Carey

People are like, 'What is your whole obsession with butterflies?' I'm like, 'I'm not obsessed. I like them. Can't anybody like something?' — Mariah Carey

When I saw you, when I saw you I could not breathe, I fell so deep. When I saw you, when I saw you I'd never be, I'd never be the same. — Mariah Carey

You talk to people and they seem really nice and then you read what they write and it's very disillusioning. You have to deal with how people let you down in terms of that. Because I think I'm basically a nice person and I think I'm a real person, and a lot of people aren't. — Mariah Carey

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best. — Mariah Carey

I am very insecure about my looks, and I always have been because of being mixed race. — Mariah Carey

I want to collaborate with me 'cause I've done so many collaborations that after a certain point unless you're really working with a certain caliber of an artist, there's no point [to collaborate]. — Mariah Carey

I can't wear flat shoes. My feet repel them. I was in agony. My high heels had left my feet bleeding. Laugh all you want, my feet hurt — Mariah Carey

Don't you know that you're blowing my mind? What you do to me I can't describe. Baby, I can't hold back anymore. I just can't conceal it. You're the one I really adore. — Mariah Carey

Them chickens is ash and I'm lotion. — Mariah Carey

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up. — Mariah Carey

I'm not for the villains, I'm only for the princesses. I mean it's fun to have Jafar [Aladdin cartoon villain] or whatever; I didn't even remember their names 'cause they're not important to me. — Mariah Carey

Apparently I don't do stairs, I won't walk on carpet and I refuse to walk on grass. How do I do to get around, hover? — Mariah Carey

I listen to older music a lot more than new singers. I listen to whatever's on the radio, but when I want to listen to something that moves me I put on a Stevie Wonder record. — Mariah Carey

If you just believe in me. I will love you endlessly. — Mariah Carey

The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things that gets people excited to continue in this business that we all love so much. — Mariah Carey

Everybody out there, don't ever take anybody for granted, 'cause you never know when you might lose them and you may never get the chance to tell them how you really feel. — Mariah Carey